Senegal unveils new 39-member government

Senegalese Prime Minister Mahammad Boune Abdallah Dionne announced on Thursday the members of Senegal’s new government, which comprises 39 ministers the same number as in the previous cabinet.

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Notable in the new government is the appointment of former justice minister Sidiki Kaba as the new foreign minister of Senegal, and Amadou Bah who has been retained as Senegal’s minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.

The new team includes 8 women representing an increase of 2 on the 6 in the former lineup.

The new government, according to PM Abdallah Dionne, includes a new minister to focus on promoting greater employment opportunities for youths, and will give new impetus to the protection of children, as well as financing for women through the ministry of Microfinance and Economic Solidarity.

The new government headed by Dionne, who old government resigned Tuesday, and he was reappointed to the post Wednesday by President Macky Sall, includes a new oil minister to oversee activities in the new sector, following recent findings of the presence of oil and gas off Senegal’s Atlantic coast.

The following is the full list of members of the new government in Dakar announced Thursday evening: